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The Legend: AE-86 and Drift tune-up
THE LEGEND: AE-86
The Toyota Sprinter Trueno / Toyota Corolla Levin is a compact sports car produced in Japan from 1983 – 1987. They are commonly referred to as the AE86, or by the Japanese pronunciation hatchi-roku (86). Many people consider this car to be a large influence in developing a market for sport compact cars in America and Canada. The car was powered by a state of the art twincam engine developed by Yamaha and Toyota. This vehicle has since become an icon of the JDM community, and is famous for drifting thanks to Keiichi Tsuchiya (Drift King). Tsuchiya and his AE86 invented the organized drift competitions in both Japan and America. Credit ...

Archiveff Awd Toyotas At The Track
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Car makers try to offer cars to fit every market, but everyone knows that each has their own “signature” when it comes to enthusiast cars. For example, Honda has its compact FF sports cars, Nissan has the Z and, GT-R, while Mitsubishi and Subaru have their AWD rally cars, and Mazda its lightweight sports cars. What about Toyota though? As you read in my 101 post last week, Toyota’s contributions to the automotive world are spread out pretty evenly. From big turbocharged sedans and MR sports cars to rally-spec Celicas and Corollas, Toyota has pretty much done it all.
With that said, I thought it’d be nice to take a look at some ...

Toyota Levin/Trueno GTZ Review
This is the second part of a three part review of the most common 4ag engined Levin’s for sale in New Zealand.
The AE101 GTZ came out in 1991, it was meant to be an alternative to the GT-Apex and was a much more developed car.
As far as changes from the GT-Apex, the GTZ looked exactly the same apart from having a large hood scoop on the bonnet, this was to give cool air to the top mounted intercooler, as the GTZ was the only forced induction Levin of the range, but we will get into that later.
This Levin is often regarded as the best in terms of bang for your buck and is the most tuneable of the range even though chassis wise all the AE101’s were ...

MR2 vs CELICA vs LEVIN/TRUENO
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04-26-2004, 08:04 AM
**I LIVE IN NEW ZEALAND, NEAR AUSTRAILIA BOTTOM OF DA WORLD.
SO IT MIGHT B A BIT DIFFERENT FROM U.S**
Hey, how u doin fellaz. I have been fustrated about what car i should buy and i came down to these three cars. I am only a student and dont have much money and Im choosing my first car.
Toyota MR2,Celica and Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno (1991-1994)
MR2(non-turbo,I want a n/a engine),Celica SS-II(3SGE), Levin/Trueno (4AGE) AE101. but from here I cant decided and I need some informations and opinion on these cars from you to help me decide thoughtfully.
I will tell you what I know about the car and what I think,correct me if I’m ...

Saturday, January 8, 2011
Toyota Levin/Trueno GT Apex Review
This is gonna be a 3 part review of the 3 most popular models of Levin/Trueno that are for sale in New Zealand, I thought this really should be done as there isnt that much infomation about these cars, ive driven all 3 models and worked on all 3 models, I have a pretty good understanding but again im not gonna make it too complicated just so its good for everybody to read.
This first one is gonna be about the GT Apex, because there the cheapest out of the 3.
To start off with, im just gonna call them Levin’s because there the more common and the better looking, the styling was the only difference between the two, and just ...